5/27/2023 0 Comments Fossil capital by andreas malm![]() ![]() The critiques are by now familiar: Marxism’s commitment to the unfettered development of the forces of production is attached to the idea of human domination over nature. More substantially, they testify to the difficulty and importance of the synthesis he is working towards.Īmong environmentalists, a deep disillusionment with Marxism is common. The frustration with Malm’s lack of clarity and the praise for his ability to bring together Marxism and environmentalism are of a piece: they both attest to the enormous expectations generated by his work, and his willingness to place himself in a position of intellectual leadership. ![]() ![]() ![]() High praise for Malm and a harsh reproval of Marxism. Another friend, who is a veteran leader in the climate justice movement, responded that Andreas Malm has “single-handedly saved Marxism from irrelevance over the past few years”. pipeline struggles, was exasperated at Malm’s apparently contradictory embrace of a strategy of pushing the capitalist state to do the right thing in Corona, Climate and Chronic Emergency (2020) and his stringent support of sabotage in How to Blow up a Pipeline (2021). Recently, I announced my intention to write a long essay about Malm to a circle of degrowth communists. ![]()
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